gold nuggets
Miner's lucky finds
Gold nuggets are naturally occurring pieces of gold, typically found in streams or deposits where erosion has freed them from surrounding rock.
They range from tiny flakes to rare fist-sized specimens.
The term extends metaphorically to valuable bits of information or wisdom: The book contains some real gold nuggets about investing.
- sluicingWashing with flowing water
- creek bedFloor of small waterway
- panningLateral camera traverse
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
- assayCompositional evaluation procedure
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- treasure huntingmetal detecting, beachcombing, geocaching, prospecting, relic hunting
- geology exhibitsrock samples, rock collections, volcanic rocks, metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks
- Gold CountrySutter's Mill, forty-niners, prospectors, Columbia, Sonora
- KlondikeKlondike, stampeders, sourdoughs, sourdough, prospectors
- Goldfieldsgoldfields, prospecting, prospectors, mining tunnels, headframes
- Gold and Silversilver coin, silver chain, silver ring, precious metals, precious metal
form/processing state
gold nuggetsgold bars
Cast precious metal ingots
gold ingots · gold coins · bullion · gold leaf · gold bullion